diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/BufferOutputStream.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/BufferOutputStream.java
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--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/BufferOutputStream.java
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@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.util;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-
-import reactor.io.buffer.Buffer;
-
-/**
- * Simple extension of {@link OutputStream} that uses {@link Buffer} to stream
- * the content
- *
- * @author Sebastien Deleuze
- */
-public class BufferOutputStream extends OutputStream {
-
- private Buffer buffer;
-
- public BufferOutputStream(Buffer buffer) {
- this.buffer = buffer;
- }
-
- @Override
- public void write(int b) throws IOException {
- buffer.append(b);
- }
-
- @Override
- public void write(byte[] bytes, int off, int len)
- throws IOException {
- buffer.append(bytes, off, len);
- }
-
- public Buffer getBuffer() {
- return buffer;
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferInputStream.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferInputStream.java
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index b3a4945117..0000000000
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferInputStream.java
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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.util;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
-/**
- * Simple {@link InputStream} implementation that exposes currently
- * available content of a {@link ByteBuffer}.
- *
- * From Jackson ByteBufferBackedInputStream
- */
-public class ByteBufferInputStream extends InputStream {
-
- protected final ByteBuffer b;
-
- public ByteBufferInputStream(ByteBuffer buf) {
- b = buf;
- }
-
- @Override
- public int available() {
- return b.remaining();
- }
-
- @Override
- public int read() throws IOException {
- return b.hasRemaining() ? (b.get() & 0xFF) : -1;
- }
-
- @Override
- public int read(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) throws IOException {
- if (!b.hasRemaining()) return -1;
- len = Math.min(len, b.remaining());
- b.get(bytes, off, len);
- return len;
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferPublisherInputStream.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferPublisherInputStream.java
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index abc1df3c44..0000000000
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ByteBufferPublisherInputStream.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.util;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
-
-import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
-import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
-import reactor.rx.Stream;
-
-/**
- * {@code InputStream} implementation based on a byte array {@link Publisher}.
- *
- * @author Arjen Poutsma
- * @author Sebastien Deleuze
- * @author Stephane Maldini
- */
-public class ByteBufferPublisherInputStream extends InputStream {
-
- private final BlockingQueue queue;
-
- private ByteBufferInputStream currentStream;
-
- private boolean completed;
-
-
- /**
- * Creates a new {@code ByteArrayPublisherInputStream} based on the given publisher.
- *
- * @param publisher the publisher to use
- */
- public ByteBufferPublisherInputStream(Publisher publisher) {
- this(publisher, 1);
- }
-
- /**
- * Creates a new {@code ByteArrayPublisherInputStream} based on the given publisher.
- *
- * @param publisher the publisher to use
- * @param requestSize the {@linkplain Subscription#request(long) request size} to use
- * on the publisher bound to Integer MAX
- */
- public ByteBufferPublisherInputStream(Publisher publisher, int requestSize) {
- Assert.notNull(publisher, "'publisher' must not be null");
-
- // TODO Avoid using Reactor Stream, it should not be a mandatory dependency of Spring Reactive
- this.queue = Stream.from(publisher).toBlockingQueue(requestSize);
- }
-
-
- @Override
- public int available() throws IOException {
- if (completed) {
- return 0;
- }
- InputStream is = currentStream();
- return is != null ? is.available() : 0;
- }
-
- @Override
- public int read() throws IOException {
- if (completed) {
- return -1;
- }
- InputStream is = currentStream();
- while (is != null) {
- int ch = is.read();
- if (ch != -1) {
- return ch;
- }
- else {
- is = currentStream();
- }
- }
- return -1;
- }
-
- @Override
- public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
- if (completed) {
- return -1;
- }
- InputStream is = currentStream();
- if (is == null) {
- return -1;
- }
- else if (b == null) {
- throw new NullPointerException();
- }
- else if (off < 0 || len < 0 || len > b.length - off) {
- throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
- }
- else if (len == 0) {
- return 0;
- }
- do {
- int n = is.read(b, off, len);
- if (n > 0) {
- return n;
- }
- else {
- is = currentStream();
- }
- }
- while (is != null);
-
- return -1;
- }
-
- private InputStream currentStream() throws IOException {
- try {
- if (this.currentStream != null && this.currentStream.available() > 0) {
- return this.currentStream;
- } else {
- // take() blocks until next or complete() then return null,
- // but that's OK since this is a *blocking* InputStream
- ByteBuffer signal = this.queue.take();
- if(signal == null){
- this.completed = true;
- return null;
- }
- this.currentStream = new ByteBufferInputStream(signal);
- return this.currentStream;
- }
- }
- catch (InterruptedException ex) {
- Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
- }
- catch (Throwable error ){
- this.completed = true;
- throw new IOException(error);
- }
- throw new IOException();
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/package-info.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/package-info.java
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index 8c69995741..0000000000
--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/package-info.java
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/**
- * Miscellaneous utility classes, such as {@code InputStream}/{@code OutputStream} manipulation utilities.
- */
-package org.springframework.util;